Tyrone Taylor homers but two errors doom Mets on day 1986 championship team is honored

It was a great day to be a Mets fan at Citi Field . . . until the game started.

After the organization feted the 1986 World Series champs with a pregame 40th anniversary celebration, the 2026 Mets continued their losing ways.

The Mets committed two errors — increasing their season total to 75, second-most in the NL — to fall to the Miami Marlins, 6-2, on Saturday at Citi Field.

Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run homer to leftfield in the second inning to provide the only runs for the Mets.

Taylor, an impending free agent who is a candidate to be traded by the last-place Mets before Monday’s trade deadline, is batting .341 (14-for-41) with seven homers and 14 RBIs in 19 games since July 4.

Francisco Lindor was 2-for-4 and is batting .311 (19-for-61) since July 12.

Rookie Zac Thornton (2-2) permitted four runs (three earned) and struck out two in 4 2⁄3 innings — his shortest start since he lasted 4 1⁄3 innings in his major-league debut May 20.

Javier Sanoja and Griffin Conine homered to power the Marlins.

Liam Hicks had a pair of RBI singles for the Marlins, who entered Saturday 1 1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the final National League playoff spot.

Otto Lopez lofted a sacrifice fly and scored twice.

Esteury Ruiz and Heriberto Hernandez each stole a base for the Marlins, who are second in the majors with 122 thefts. Miami has swiped at least two bases in a game 35 times this season.

Tyler Phillips (3-5), who grew up about 100 miles south of Citi Field in Pennsauken, New York, allowed two runs and struck out three in five-plus innings.

Lake Bachar, Miami’s third pitcher, notched his second save by throwing three scoreless innings.